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Third-party candidates vie in S.C. |
When George W. Bush abandoned the “humble” foreign policy he promised during his 2000 campaign, Patricia Wheat felt like the Republican Party had left her as well.A lifelong Republican who voted for Bush, the 50-year-old Wheat, a Midlands resident, said she is supporting Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin this year.“It was like a light switch went off for me,” Wheat said of watching debate on border security and the Iraq War last year. “I don’t believe this garbage. I don’t believe what they’re saying anymore.”Baldwin is one of six candidates on South Carolina’s presidential ballot this year. Joining Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are Baldwin, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney, Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr and independent candidate Ralph Nader.But experts say 2008 is a particularly tough year for third-party candidates to get their message out. With no incumbent president seeking re-election, much of the focus has been on the major party candidates.
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